New Essays on Local Gazetteers, by Mao Yibo

This book contains 20 essays on local gazetteers (local histories) and their compilation, an afterword by the author, and an appendix. The essays are titled: 1. "Historiography and the study of local gazetteers"; 2. "Miscellaneous discussions of history and gazetteers"; 3. "Speaking of gazetteers";...Leer más

This book contains 20 essays on local gazetteers (local histories) and their compilation, an afterword by the author, and an appendix. The essays are titled: 1. "Historiography and the study of local gazetteers"; 2. "Miscellaneous discussions of history and gazetteers"; 3. "Speaking of gazetteers"; 4. "After reading 'Tongzhi Tiaoyi'" [by Wang, Baoxin (Wang Pao-xin, 1867-1944) published in 1957]; 5. "Local literature and Chinese culture"; 6. "The rejuvenation of Chinese culture and the task of Taiwanese literature"; 7. "On the possibility of completely recompiling gazetteers"; 8. "The task of literature at present"; 9. "Tentative discussions on the hypothesized tables of contents for county and city gazetteers"; 10. "Clarifying the stylistic rules and layout for the [Taiwan] provincial gazetteer"; 11. "Regarding the recompilation of the Taiwan Gazetteer from the point of view of the Penghu Tingzhi [the Penghu Prefecture Gazetteer]"; 12. "The compilation of the Taiwan Gazetteer"; 13. "The life of He Qiaoyuan [He Ch'iao-yuan, 1558 - 1632] and the Taiwan Gazetteer"; 14. "Errors in the argument that the Taiwan Gazetteer was revised six times"; 15. "An initial investigation of the 'Comprehensive History of Taiwan' [by Lian, Heng (Lian Yatang,1878-1936]; 16. " The process of proofreading the Taiwan Gazetteer"; 17. "Jiang Shizhe [Chiang Shih-che] and the Taiwan Gazetteer"; 18. "Gazetteer studies after the recovery of Taiwan"; 19. "The special characteristics of the Weiyuan Gazetteer [Weiyuan is a county in Sichuan Province] "The collection and compilation of family genealogies".

The appendix contains the prefaces from seven gazetteers, and an essay titled "The biography of Huang Kaiji [Huang K'ai-chi] and the Taiwan Gazetteer.

A copy of this book is held in the Governor Gary Locke Library, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Seattle, Washington State, USA.